About the show

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.

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Episodes

  • 308B. Oops, All Microtopics!

    September 15th, 2025  |  28 mins 17 secs
    avery, john

    This is the pre-show banter and topic negotiation from episode 308, recorded and edited basically by accident?? Enjoy??

  • 308. A Xylophone For Jandek

    September 15th, 2025  |  1 hr 8 mins
    avery, jay, john

    Lords: John, Avery, Jay. We discuss being known for one thing and trying to do a different thing, finding instruments on the street, and accidentally arguing with sauna guy.

  • 307. The Bad Boy Of Crossword Construction

    September 8th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins

    Lords: Ben and Avery. We discuss The Mishima Incident, city-wide game of hide and seek, how to stick it to bad bluetooth actors, and The Carrotman's Lament.

  • 306. You Wouldn't Believe The Brutes They Make

    September 1st, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cort, nelson

    Lords: Xalavier and Cort. We discuss the coolest instrument to give a child, what happened to sound lasers?, appearing canes, and The Story of Mel

  • 305. Phlegmletting

    August 25th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins
    abby, sid

    Lords: Abby and Sid. We discuss reading the diabetes manual, saying vegetables instead of cussin', Winston punching his tooth out, If I Ran the Circus (excerpt) by Dr. Seuss, and reminding yourself of all the PS2 games you hated.

  • 304. Turn On The MacLachlan

    August 18th, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins
    brandon, tentmode

    Lords: Andrew and Brandon. We discuss high school pep band bangers, why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can, what do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?, Medley by Louis Phillips, and things you can eat in your garden that you might not expect

  • 303. A System Of People Doing Stuff And Being Weirdos

    August 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins
    jp, styger

    Lords: JP and Styger. We discuss the nature of Mario vs. Super Mario, Hot Defensive Bee Ball, solving all 25 million 5x5 nonograms, Poem Seen in a Motel Fan by Alberto Blanco, werecreature logistics, and The Ball is Back.

  • 302. Frog Fractions 2 OST 2: Still Croakin'

    August 4th, 2025  |  1 hr 22 mins
    kory, ryan

    Lords: Kory and Ryan. We discuss incorrect facts they teach you in school, remaking your game yet again, accidentally finding a cat on vacation, and Being Boring by Wendy Cope.

  • 301. For Those Who Are Glucose Curious

    July 28th, 2025  |  56 mins 46 secs
    chall, wacy

    Lords: Wacy and Chris. We discuss the mysterious BART smell between 12th st. Oakland and West Oakland, glucose monitors, Minecraft, and The Earth Wants You.

  • 300. Dave's Kid Doesn't Know How To Spit

    July 21st, 2025  |  1 hr 7 mins
    jenni, tyriq

    Lords: Jenni and Tyriq. We discuss internal monologue soundboards, whether it sucks that Ash wants to be the very best, the different ways people play games, friendship as a skill, and which element is best for bending?

  • 299. Skin Fortress With Armed Idiot

    July 14th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 mins
    jenni, robb

    Lords: Jenni and Robb. We discuss multiple people responding with the same mystifying emoji, role-playing with a four year old about stealing Toxic Waste candy and lying to the cops about it, choosing to not rent a Playstation, Hints by Atari Games, and getting an Osia 2 bone-anchored hearing aid.

  • 298. Rawdogging Life

    July 7th, 2025  |  1 hr 23 mins
    mark, shirley

    Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss Music League, shaping the head like a Japanese watermelon, Kugelmugel, Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley, and using drugs in 2025

  • 297. Grimace Exploded, Covering 70,000 People

    June 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 3 secs
    erica, judy

    Lords: Erica and Judy. We discuss the Pantone college experience, why everyone with superpowers is a crime fighter or a criminal, metal utensils, Grand Avenue by Ron Koertge, and spicy toothpaste

  • 296. Do You Know About The Sun?

    June 23rd, 2025  |  1 hr 20 mins
    esper, john

    Lords: John and Esper. We discuss Chess the Musical, live television as the most exciting thing humans have invented, Blaseball's multi million dollar VC funding, Pad, Pad by Stevie Smith, RSS for text, and officiating weddings for your friends.

  • 295. Fantasy Malware

    June 16th, 2025  |  1 hr 4 mins
    kittenmaster, pancelor

    Lords: Andrew and Andrew. We discuss finally making a 3D game after using only PICO-8 for 10 years, PICO-8 screen carts, Picotron viruses, and Quest by kittenmaster.

  • 294. Click On This Ad To Save This Child

    June 9th, 2025  |  1 hr 15 secs
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss the rapid proliferation of identical mobile games, randomly generated time traveler loadout, turning your body into 3D printer filament after you die, and Girls Only Want One Thing, by Isabel Correra